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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?
(a) A jade star.
(b) A silver heart.
(c) A jade Buddha.
(d) A silver Buddha.

2. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?
(a) 125.
(b) 350.
(c) 75.
(d) 500.

3. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?
(a) Railroad stations.
(b) Along roads.
(c) Schools.
(d) Hospitals.

4. Who is Mei Li?
(a) Their new baby.
(b) An old friend of Karin's.
(c) The head of the orphanage.
(d) Their baby's birth mother.

5. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?
(a) Her daughter's "sisters."
(b) "Chinese Flowers."
(c) "The Lost Generation."
(d) "Chinese Pearls."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a regional delicacy in Guangzhou that Karin is told tastes like peanuts?

2. Who is China's second sage?

3. What human tie does Evans call one of the deepest possible?

4. What is the name of Karin and Mark's new puppy?

5. Where is China's leader, Jiang Zemin, at the time Karin and Mark fly to China?

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